Columns
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Constable: Fiction mirrors Cubs, political realityMay 25, 2017 5:30 am - In 2014, when former Hoffman Estates resident Dennis Hetzel published his first sports/politics novel, "Killing the Curse," about the Cubs in the World Series amid presi...
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Boomer fave Me-TV FM is going nationalMay 25, 2017 1:00 am - The "timeless and memorable music" of 87.7 Me-TV FM is going national, Chicago-based owner Weigel Broadcasting announced Thursday. Launched in 2015 on a low-power leased...
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How to live in peaceMay 25, 2017 1:00 am - Millions of people love Apple computers and wouldn't be caught using a PC. By contrast, there are many millions of PC users who feel the same way about Apple computers. ...
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Bolstering the system: We've got to learn to talk to the other sideMay 25, 2017 1:00 am - I've had a number of conversations recently that convince me our country is divided into two political camps separated by a deep and uncomfortably wide gap. No, I'm not ...
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Goals can motivate seniors to downsizeMay 24, 2017 11:00 pm - Once again the Baby Boomer generation has reached a developmental milestone. We are slowly but surely moving out of the stage of "getting" to the stage of "getting rid o...
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Imrem: Let's give a hand to NFL on new celebration rulesMay 24, 2017 5:00 pm - Now NFL players really have something to celebrate. This week the league granted them wider discretion to make fools of themselves in the end zone after scoring touchdow...
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Jackson: Outdoorsman's colorful outlook already missedMay 24, 2017 10:05 am - In over five decades of doing this outdoors stuff, I have encountered hundreds of personality types, ranging from what I consider normal to the top end, where eccentrics...
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Why an egg salad sandwich means summer and how to make it healthierMay 24, 2017 6:00 am - Since my childhood, there's one sandwich that says summer to me more than any other: an egg salad sandwich. Egg salad sandwiches, especially toasted, are not easy to eat...
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Northwestern golfers fall short of title, but elated over tremendous weekMay 24, 2017 1:01 am - A national championship eluded the Northwestern women's golf team Wednesday, but you wouldn't have known it by their post-tournament meeting with the media. It was nonst...
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Ambitious business owner opens trendy event venueMay 24, 2017 1:00 am - New owner opens trendy event venue in Lincolnshire